The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Part 2, Volume 19Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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Page 385
... soon as hooked it loses all spirit ; and after a very little resistance submits to its fate . It is dragged to the shore and cut up , either to be sold fresh to people who carry it to the country markets , or preserved salted in large ...
... soon as hooked it loses all spirit ; and after a very little resistance submits to its fate . It is dragged to the shore and cut up , either to be sold fresh to people who carry it to the country markets , or preserved salted in large ...
Page 389
... soon after was set at liberty without showing the smallest symptoms of pain . So far was this poor creature from being terrified at the experiment , that he left his own master's house to come to that of the philosopher , where he had ...
... soon after was set at liberty without showing the smallest symptoms of pain . So far was this poor creature from being terrified at the experiment , that he left his own master's house to come to that of the philosopher , where he had ...
Page 393
... soon after he himself was betrayed to the Romans by his step - mother Cartismandua , and carried prisoner to Rome . Being afterwards restored , with his relations , they add that Caracta- cus reigned in peace till A. D. 55 , when he ...
... soon after he himself was betrayed to the Romans by his step - mother Cartismandua , and carried prisoner to Rome . Being afterwards restored , with his relations , they add that Caracta- cus reigned in peace till A. D. 55 , when he ...
Page 394
... soon found these weapons useless in a close encounter ; and as their bucklers only covered a small part of their bodies , they were easily cut in pieces by their adversaries . The most for- ward of their cavalry and charioteers fell ...
... soon found these weapons useless in a close encounter ; and as their bucklers only covered a small part of their bodies , they were easily cut in pieces by their adversaries . The most for- ward of their cavalry and charioteers fell ...
Page 395
... soon repulsed by Ulpius Marcel- lus , a general of consummate abilities , whom Commodus sent into the islands . In a short time the tyrant also recalled this able com- mander . After his departure , the Roman disci- pline in Britain ...
... soon repulsed by Ulpius Marcel- lus , a general of consummate abilities , whom Commodus sent into the islands . In a short time the tyrant also recalled this able com- mander . After his departure , the Roman disci- pline in Britain ...
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Page 635 - But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of me : And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
Page 677 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
Page 594 - I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen : but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. 19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
Page 743 - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.
Page 596 - Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer ; For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
Page 628 - Matthew then, among the Jews, wrote a Gospel in their own language, while Peter and Paul were preaching the Gospel at Rome, and founding a church there : and after their exit...
Page 582 - Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 594 - Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
Page 604 - And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.
Page 603 - We entertain a suspicion concerning any matter of fact when the witnesses contradict each other, when they are but few or of a doubtful character, when they have an interest in what they affirm, when they deliver their testimony with hesitation, or, on the contrary, with too violent asseverations. There are many other particulars of the same kind which may diminish or destroy the force of any argument derived from human testimony.